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Album-Release:
2023
HRA-Release:
02.06.2023
Album including Album cover
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- 1 16 07:44
- 2 Remember Me 05:39
- 3 A Beautiful Life 04:35
- 4 Where All the Twigs Broke 06:14
- 5 Metacognitive 05:13
- 6 Home 04:10
- 7 Blue Light 06:54
- 8 Grotto 04:57
- 9 Splitting the Soul 06:22
- 10 Over the Top 06:54
- 11 The Glass Is Empty 11:08
Info for 16
Im Jahr 2023 beginnt Einar Solberg (Leprous) seine Solokarriere mit der Veröffentlichung von "16" - einer Sammlung von intimen, aber extravaganten Kollaborationen mit einer beeindruckenden Reihe von gleichgesinnten Songwritern und Komponisten und einer großen Anzahl von Musikern, die ihm bei der Realisierung dieses sehr ehrgeizigen Albums helfen. Wild und vielfältig, aber dennoch geistig fest verwurzelt in Einars etablierter musikalischer Welt, ist "16" ein Album voller Überraschungsmomente. Er arbeitet mit unterschiedlichsten Musikern zusammen - von modernen Prog-Zeitgenossen wie Ben Levin von Bent Knee und Toti Gudnason von Agent Fresco bis hin zum experimentellen Cellisten (und regelmäßigen Leprous-Livemusiker) Raphael Weinroth-Browne und Magnus Børmark, der vor allem als Mitglied der norwegischen Alt-Folk-Truppe Gåte bekannt ist. Außerdem arbeitet er wieder mit Ihsahn und Starofash zusammen. 16" ist der Sound eines rastlosen Geistes in seinem absoluten Element und ein außergewöhnlicher erster Ausflug in Sologewässer für Einar Solberg.
Einar Solberg ist für die sanfte Ehrlichkeit seiner Texte ebenso bekannt wie für die exzentrische Erhabenheit der Musik von Leprous. Aber selbst für seine Standards ist „16“ ein äußerst emotionales und dynamisches Werk. Einar beschreibt das Album als „einem Konzeptalbum so nah, wie nie zuvor“ und erklärt, dass die neuen Songs von einer sehr spezifischen und transformativen Phase im Leben des Musikers handeln. Das ist der Klang eines rastlosen Geistes in seinem absoluten Element.
“It’s called 16 because that’s when the first really, really bad things started happening to me in life. From 16 to 19, there were a lot of very life-defining moments that happened to me, and that changed me,” he says. “That’s when I kind of lost my innocence and I started realising that life is serious and bad shit can happen. A lot of pretty drastic things happened within those three years. But this album is not only about the bad things. It’s also about some of the career-defining moments, like the moment I started playing with the band and began to find a community to belong to. Emotionally, I’m a bit of everything, so it covers the entire emotional spectrum!” (Einar Solberg)
Auf "16" finden sich Kollaborationen mit sämtlichen Vertretern des zeitgenössischen Modern-Prog, wie Bent Knee’s Ben Levin und Agent Fresco’s Toti Gudnason, bis hin zu dem experimentellen Cellisten (und Leprous Livemusiker) Raphael Weinroth-Browne und Magnus Børmark, bekannt als Mitglied der Norwegischen Alt-Folk Gruppe Gåte. Einar arbeitet ebenfalls erneut zusammen mit Ihsahn und Star Of Ash und vielen weiteren. Das Album wurde gemischt von Adam Noble (Placebo, Biffy Clyro, Nothing But Thieves) und gemastert von Robin Schmidt (The 1975, Placebo, The Gaslight Anthem, etc.).
Einar Solberg, vocals, keyboards
Keli Guðjónsson, drums
Tor Egil Kreken, bass
Raphael Weinroth-Browne, cello
Chris Baum, violin
Ben Levin, guitar (tracks 2,3,8 & 9)
Magnus Børmark, guitar (tracks 2,3,4,8 & 9)
Tóti Guðnason, guitar, piano
Ihsahn, guitar, vocals
Star of Ash, samples
Asger Mygind, vocals, guitar
Pål Gunnar Fiksdal, trumpet (tracks 4,6,7,9,10 & 11)
Runar Fiksdal, trombone (tracks 4,6,7,9,10 & 11)
Nora Hannisdal, french horn (tracks 2,4,7,9 & 10)
Jon Henrik Rubach, saxophone (track 6)
Þórður Sigurðarson, church organ (track 11)
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Choir (tracks 9 & 11)
Einar Solberg
is as renowned for the tender honesty of his lyrics as he is for the eccentric majesty of Leprous’ music. But even by his usual standards, ‘16’ is an extremely emotional and dynamic piece of work. Einar describes the record as “the closest I’ve ever come to writing a concept album” and explains that the new songs are about a very specific and transformational period in the musician’s life. This is the sound of a restless spirit in his absolute element.
“It’s called 16 because that’s when the first really, really bad things started happening to me in life. From 16 to 19, there were a lot of very life-defining moments that happened to me, and that changed me,” he says. “That’s when I kind of lost my innocence and I started realising that life is serious and bad shit can happen. A lot of pretty drastic things happened within those three years. But this album is not only about the bad things. It’s also about some of the career-defining moments, like the moment I started playing with the band and began to find a community to belong to. Emotionally, I’m a bit of everything, so it covers the entire emotional spectrum!”
’16’ finds Einar collaborating with everyone from modern prog contemporaries like Bent Knee’s Ben Levin and Agent Fresco’s Toti Gudnason, to experimental cellist (and regular Leprous live musician) Raphael Weinroth-Browne and Magnus Børmark, best known as a member of Norwegian alt-folk troupe Gåte. He also once again collaborates with Ihsahn and Star Of Ash amongst many others. The record was mixed by mixed by Adam Noble (Placebo, Biffy Clyro, Nothing But Thieves) and mastered by Robin Schmidt (The 1975, Placebo, The Gaslight Anthem, etc.).
This album contains no booklet.